Read and Write to Ext3 Filesystem from Windows onto Linux
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Please notice the original Thread and the last post dates before posting. Original thread date is 2005 while the last before yours is 2009.
Resurrection of a necro post is something LQ doesn't want.
BTW, there are better methods to read EXT2/3/4 on a Microsoft windows system then the referenced link you provided.
You are right, it's pretty stale thread but when i googled, i founded it in on the top, so probably it's quite popular nowdays as well. But what the better methods you're mentioned?
You are right, it's pretty stale thread but when i googled, i founded it in on the top, so probably it's quite popular nowdays as well. But what the better methods you're mentioned?
Then, put all your shared files in the FAT32 partition. Save EXT3 for the programs and kernel. Save NTFS for the programs and Windows system. All files shared between OSes should be in FAT32.
IMHO, ext2fsd has greatly improved since what you described over 7 years ago. As for the Paragon software, I tried it (it said "free download"), but all it asked for was a registration key, after which I promptly deleted it.
As someone may point out, this is a very old thread, but I thought that it would be useful for anyone with the same question. If I'm wrong to do this, tell me, I'll try not to do it again.
Yes, Windows (of course) does have "IFS = Installable File System" support, including ext3 and quite a few other more-esoteric systems. It's pretty much identical to Linux's filesystem driver capabilities. As any first-class operating system (oh, be nice ... ) would be expected to have.
Last edited by sundialsvcs; 01-22-2014 at 09:09 AM.
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